Straight to Ale
Microbrewery
in
Huntsville,
Alabama,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2009
Contact
Description
Founded by local home brewers in 2009, Straight to Ale has quickly grown to become one of Alabama’s largest production breweries.
In the summer of 2016 we opened our new 55,000 square foot facility at Campus 805, reclaiming a long vacant Middle School campus on the edge of downtown Huntsville and turning it into a thriving community of breweries, bars, restaurants, and local shops. At this new location, we expanded to include cider and mead production along with distilled spirits (Shelta Cavern Spirits), a scratch made kitchen (Ale’s Kitchen), a pinball arcade and pool room (Ronnie Rayguns).
In the summer of 2016 we opened our new 55,000 square foot facility at Campus 805, reclaiming a long vacant Middle School campus on the edge of downtown Huntsville and turning it into a thriving community of breweries, bars, restaurants, and local shops. At this new location, we expanded to include cider and mead production along with distilled spirits (Shelta Cavern Spirits), a scratch made kitchen (Ale’s Kitchen), a pinball arcade and pool room (Ronnie Rayguns).
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Nook. Pours dark orange with a thin head. Aroma is biscuity malts, pumpkin, cinnamon and toffee. The flavor is very sweet, a little bitter in the finish, and a little funky. The palate is medium, creamy, and sticky, with a long bitter finish. Overall, a strong and flavorful Maerzen.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 May 2011
at 18:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Rocket City Brewfest. Pours pitch black. The aroma is bitter chocolate and coffee. The flavor is very bitter, and only a little sweet. The palate is heavy and sticky with a long bitter finish. Overall, a good stout, but nothing special.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2011
at 14:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Growler from Liquor Express. Pours dark brown with a thin, bubbly, tan head and a light ring of lacing. The aroma is caramel, grapefruit, apricots, dates, and bourbon notes evidenced as oak and vanilla. The flavor is cloyingly sweet. The palate is huge and clingy, with a significant alcohol warming. Overall, an overpowering beer, complex and strong.
Tried
from Growler
on 09 Mar 2011
at 15:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Liquor Express. Pours brown with a foamy dark tan head. The aroma is coffee, oranges and nuts. The flavor is very sweet with some definite hop backing. The palate is smooth and creamy. Overall, an interesting beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2011
at 20:26
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at the Nook. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. The aroma is toasted bread, smoke, black coffee, and saltwater. The flavor is bitter and only a little sweet. The palate is light and smooth and a little carbonated. Overall, it ends up tasting like an ashtray.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2011
at 17:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at Mason’s Pub. Pours black with minimal head. The aroma is caramel, coffee and heavy cream. It is a very sweet stout, with little of the usual bitter chocolate flavors. The palate is very thick and malty, like a milkshake. Overall, a rather good cream stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2010
at 04:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Rocket City Brewfest. Hazy dark brown body, with little head. Big Bourbon nose. Very sweet, on the verge of being cloying. Sweet and smooth. Very good, but a bit too sweet for my tastes.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2010
at 18:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at the Rocket City Brewfest. Hazy brown with little to no head. Well balanced aroma of Bourbon and caramel malts. Sweet with good Bourbon notes. Well done, good balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2010
at 18:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft (Cask) at the Rocket City Brewfest. Pours a slightly cloudy medium brown. Sweet malt aroma. Lightly sweet, very lightly hopped. Pretty much to style, easy drinking and sessionable.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2010
at 18:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Rocket City Brewfest. This Raspberry Wheat pours with a cloudy, light pink body and head. The aroma is fresh Raspberry. Lightly sweet at the start, moving into a nice dryness towards the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2010
at 18:21